Designing a 5G architecture to overcome the challenges of the teleoperated transport and logistics

Abstract

One of the aims of the H2020 5G Blueprint project is to enable seamless cross border teleoperation use cases with 5G technology. The explored use cases are automated barge control, automated drive-in-loop docking, cooperative adaptive cruise control based platooning, and remote take-over operations. In this paper, we present an analysis of the network requirements of such use cases, and we present an end-to-end 5G architecture (with a focus on network slicing and seamless cross-border roaming) for the trial network based on lasted standardization work and implementation tools, from user equipment, radio, transport, core network to exposed network APIs. This work will be used as guideline for further network deployment and feature implementation in test labs and project pilot area within the project.